JOHNPROCOPI TAKES TWO !John Procopitakes12W38
and13W11John Procopi of Levittown, PA, born July 12, 1948, is a retired
accountant. He started playing chess in the late Sixties and was
quite active OTB for about fifteen years, but when his wife and he started a
family, he gave up OTB and started playing postal. He made Postal
Chess Master about twenty years ago and stopped playing. Now
retired, he began playing again and has had some fine results including this
July, two victories in Master/Expert tournaments.12W38 Walter Muir TournamentGAME OF THE MONTHProcopi demonstrates that even a Rook Pawn can aspire to
greatness.SEMI- SLAVDEFENSE

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Patience, patience,
patience brings home the point.

ENGLISH OPENING (A34)

From 12W38 White lands too many punches for Black to survive.

SEMI-SLAV DEFENSE (D46 )

McCann finds a drawing line in this Pawn down endgame

QUEEN's PAWN GAME (E10)

White's Bishops are the stars of this show but the Rooks don't do
too badly either

KING'S INDIAN ATTACK
(A08)

If chess pieces had
sharp bases, the chess board would be in tatters after this gem.

ENGLISH OPENING (A18)

When White tries an opening innovation on move
6, Corky demonstrates conclusively why it was not played before.